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Very late-onset Friedreich ataxia: later than life expectancy?

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  1. Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV BH-13), 1011, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Vincent Alvarez, Pierre Arnold & Thierry Kuntzer

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Alvarez, V., Arnold, P. & Kuntzer, T. Very late-onset Friedreich ataxia: later than life expectancy?. J Neurol 260, 1408–1409 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-6874-6

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